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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
FOIR LIVES TIfROJVY AWAY.
A Bloody Family Row at Oil City Results
in a Slaughter.

Oh CITY, Pa, July 20.-Shortly before
l2o'clock last night, John McNieruey, a
labOrer. beat his wife 10 death. fatally
shot his son, Jonn, aged q years, for
interfering in behalf Of his mother and
then shot Officer James, who
tried to arrest him. in the groin, in
ftiicting fatal wound. Officers Warden
and henderson then came 10 the assist
ance Of James, and soon brought the
desperate man down with a shot through
his back After disarming him
the officers entered the house
when slckeuing sight met
their gaze. Mrs McNiernev was
found in one corner Of the room dead,
her head and face completely smashed
to a Jelly, the room despatched with
blood and brains, supposed to have been
inflicted with a shotgun stock. Physi-
clans were speedily upon the spot, and
upon examination Of officer James and
young McNieruey's wounds pronounced
them fatal. The wound of NcNierney
Is not necessarily fatal. There was no
witness to the affair except the -on, who
Is unable to speak. McNierney was in
toXicated at the time and was probably
abusing his wife when the son went to
nsar 1G
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
SETTLERS ~ HARD LUCK.
Many Lose Homes by MISUNDERSTANDING
Department Decision.

Many Lose Homes by Misunderstanding a
Department Decision.
WASHINGTON, d. C., July 22.-Ou the
1th instant, the secretary Of the interior
IN the case Of the Fort Boise hay re~er-
vatiOn, decided that the land put in
reservation in excess of $40 acres,
the amount limited bv law, was
illegally reserved. and declared it open
to entry and settlement, Since the pro-
mitigation Of that decision, and in the
belief that the ruling of the secretary in
that case applied To the Fort Ellis mill
tary reservation in Montana, contain
Ing 5000 acres, a large number Of
settlers have entered upon and asserted
claims to the land in the latter reserva-
ton. Acting Secretary MuldrOW to-day,
IN letter 70 the custodian Of Fort Ellis,
decides that the law of 1853 limiting mil
itary reservation to $40 acres applied to
the territory of Oregon as then consti-
tuted, its eastern boundary being the
summit of the Rocky Mountains" and
as Fort Ellis is east of that boundary line
it does not come within the purview OF
the statute limiting the area of military
reservations. Settlers viii be notified
that their claims have no foundation in
aW
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
SHOOK UP THE SHIP.
Disastrous Result of Firing Heavy Gun
Atlanta.

Disastrous Result of Firing Heavy Guns
on the Atlanta.
New YORK, July 20.-The sun to-day
SAYS that private letters from an officer
and machInist on board the new steel
cruiser Atlanta to friends in the Brook
lvn Navy Yard, say that during the tar
get practice in Gardeners Bay, the eight
inch bow and stern barbette
pivot guns recoiled with such
force as to tear loose the track
on which they turn and also to rip up a
portion of the heavy gun-deCk. These
guns are the heaviest guns atiOat in the
service and those on the Atlanta are the
first Of them to be tested on board ship
by our naval officers. Just how serious
the damage Is could net be
learned, No official report Of it
has reached the navy yard. The
officers Of the Boston are anxious to
know the exact facts regarding the Oc-
Crrrence. The Boston is a sister ship of
the Atlanta and the trackE for her eight
inch guns are laid in the same way.
Her guns are not vet on board. The
letters say that damage was done by
charge Of ninety pounds Of pow
sheep was used 10 ascertain Just
how near men may stand to the muzzle Of
these great guns when they are fred
without being killed by the conclusion.
At one discharge, the letters say, the
sheep was blown clear over a hatchway
and killed. Officers on the Boston think
this must have been done TO ascertain
whether an eigbt-inch gun can be safely
worked while q six-IuCh gun next 1t ls
being fired almost across the eight-inch
crr1v track
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
fRRETT OIFNS YET.
An Explicit Statement to That Efe,
Made by MIR Garrett.

An Explicit Statement to That Effect
Made by MIR. Garrett.
The Philadelphia Record on the 2lst
published the following from Mr.. Rob
ert Garrett 1t is dated at ElberCn, y.
j., July 20:
The Hon Vim. r. ,Sngerly, Editor Of
TIE record, observation-disclosures SIR: In
reply to your courteous inquiry as to the
real status Of the negotiations called by
the press The Baltimore < Ohio deal !
beg 10 say that all such neg tiations are
terminated. The syndicate which wished
TO acquire a large block OfstOCk OF the Bal
timore Il Ohio Railroad Company in such
way as was believed would be benei-
cial to all parties and railroads con-
cerred, did not at the appointed time
comply with their engagements and all
arrangements or negotiations with them
are now absolutely at an end. | have
not purchased the stock Of the Johns
Hopkins university as stated in some Of
the newspapers. | had an option on
that stock and also upon that of several
other holders. but ! have not exercised
these options, nor do / intend to do so.
The statement in some Of the papers
that | purchased large blocks of Balti-
more d Ohio stock is mistake. As
have stated, | had the options. but cir
CuLuStdnCeS rendered II unnecessary to
close them. The Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad Company, its properties in
Guiding its large telegraph system, and
the ownership of its stock remain now
as they were at the opening Of the
negotiations The wide spread
public Interest which these ne
g0tiations excited, and the many
false and foolish rumors to which
they have given rise, justify me in de
parting from my usual course in making
this formal statement of their final ter
minatiOn.
Thanking you for the kindly terms
in which you have been pleased to refer
to the Baltimore Il Ohio Company and
its future, and acknowledging the cor
rectness of your judgment and that Of
MANY other friends as to the propriety
Of making public this letter, | am as
ever, yours very truly,
PoRrpT CapPET -
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RUN DOWN In A CUT.
Horrible Accident Thursday Morning on
the Erie Railroad

NEw YORK, July 21.-One of those
frlghttuI accidents which come with ap-
palllng suddenness when there is no
apparent reason why they could not be
easily avoided, took place this morning
on the Erie Railroad between Allendale
and Hohokus. The catastrophe was at
tended with an appalling loss of life and
over a dozen mangled bodies on the
track attested the neglect of some one
whose duty it should have been 10 give
warning OF the impending disaster.
A gang OF Italian laborers were at
work ballastlng on the railroad little
distance from sharp curve about three
tourths of mile above Hohokus. The
Chicago express, which was due an hour
before, had not arrived and these men
were busy at work unconscious of the
trrrlble fate which was in store for them.
Al quarter past O'Clock
the delayed express rushed round
the curve before the men
had the slightest warning and dashed
through them, killing twelve or fifteen
on the spot and wOunding many others.
Inc shrleks of the victims were heart
rendlng and when the train slowed IN
the track presented the sickening sight
OF being covered with mangled bodies,
the rails being spattered with blood
and broken limbs and pieces of
ragged flesh being scattered in all
directions. Some of the bodies
We're manggled beyond recogni-
ton and crushed out of all semblanCe of
humanity. To most of the victims death
must have come instantaneouslv, but
some OF them appeared to be vet CULVER
ing and life eDblng away when the train
was brought to a staudstill. There was
only fifteen minutes delay, and the train
which had wrought so much disaster
proceeded on its way from AlIeudale to
HOhOkus.
The question of whom is to blame is
yet 10 be settled, but it is claimed that
II was the duty of the foreman of the
gang of labOrers to watch for approach
ing trains at the dangerous curves and
that he must have neglected to give the
warning whistle. w. L. Hudson,
passenger on local train which
was behind the Chicago express, in con-
yersatlOn with a reporter, described the
scene as one of the most sickening that
could be witnessed. along the tracks"
he said, were arms, legs, trunks and
other parts Ofthe bodies, and the tracks
for long distance were slippery with
blood. The disaster must have taken
place with such appalling suddenness
that the men did not know what was
coming till the train was on them. The
conductor Ofthe train on which | rode
said that the train hands of the express
We're not TO blame He believed the
foreman OF the gang was responsible for
the disaster by uegIeCtlng to give warn
ing
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Justice Harlan has decided that the
federal authorities have jurisdiction in
the cases arising out of the tallv-sheet
forgeries in Indiana. The cases will
therefore come up in few days in the
federal court.
John Hahn disappeared from his
home in Tama County, Ia, and two men
were three times nearly lynched on sus-
piGion of having murdered him. Hahn
was in i,ansas City on business trip
and has retu, led home
A sensation Ina, been created at New
Haven, Conn, by the reYort that man
living at HoIyoke. Mass, on his
death-bed made the statement
that he saw Jennie Cramer, f0r
whose murder the Malley boys were
tried, jump from the pier into the water
on the night the girl was supposed to
have been murdered.
A dispatch from New York of the 18th
says the Baltimore & Ohio deal is fast
approaching an end, only few minor
details being yet unarranged.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
IT BpREthED THE TOIFs.
Forty-fve Buildings in Streator, Iii,
Thrown Down by an Explosion.

fOrtF-nFe buildings IN Stre3tOr, liz,
Thrown Down by an Explosion.
STREAToR, H., July 2l.-At 2:3O thi
morning the city was aroused by ter
rife explosion, which was imme-
diatelv followed by the ringing
minutes it was learned that the powder
house of the Chicago, Wilmington &
Nermillion Coal Company had been
struck by lightning and between 5000
and 10000 pounds of powder had ex-
and west sides of the powder
house had been completely
shattered, and. in most cases,
entirely demolished. Not a vestige f
the powder house remains. while,
where ii stood, is hole about sixty feet
long, forty wide and twenty deep
Only one fatality has been reported,
but large number are seriously
injured. Among the wounded are:
Mary Love, right hip broken; James
BlackmOre, hurt in the back; Mrs.
BIaCkmOre, several ribs broken; Mrs.
James Sheldon, three ribs broken; Mrs.
Thomas Birdwell was badly cut by flying
glass. Mrs. Hattie Reaschon, an aged
widow, struck over the eye with a brick
and-ba4ly injured. A tramp who was
sleeping in car near the
powder house, was probably fatally
injured. The number OF minor casualties
viii reach nearly 100. There were forty
five dwellings almost totally demolished.
There is not a plate glass window left in
the business portion of the city. 1t Is
impossible at this time to estimate the
loss, but It will prObobly reach $4,000
or 800 0GI
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
TR4DE Nam DECISION.
III OF L. DistilIery'' Not Allowed to /
Ised a. a Whisky Brand.

III of L. DistilIery' Not Allowed to be
Ised a. Whisky BranI.
The commissioner of patents has rem
dered an important decision in the case
Of an application to register trade mark
for distilled spirits in which the words
Knights Of Labor" and X Of l. dis
tillery" appear. The commissioner
states that there Is no preteuse that the
manufacturers Of this particular brand Of
whisky, who seek to register the trade
mark are Knights Of Labor or are en-
gagged in business with them, or under
their auspices, vet the distinctive mark
points 10 this labor organization or its
members rs a class az the origin Of the
ownership Of the articles to which it i
applied In other words. the proposed
trade mark Is in the nature of a false rep
resentauon and deception as 10 the
general public, possibly inducing them
To purchase an article under the belief
that it l. manufactured by a society in
which they ha a friendly interest.
The commissioner, therefore. on the
ground Of the false pretenses Of such
trade mark. refuses its registration.
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or elsewhere. need = tonic now and then 70 sus-
tain them under growing iuhrnitiss. No safer
OF more thorough in7igoraut for age sid the
delicate can be found than Hostetter's stomach
Bitters, a sessonsoie medicine n those all
le2cs q Couuouest occuTence-Iiver com
plant Indigestion and bowel disorders P1rs
botanic safeguard sgsiast malaria and a rsIi-
s5le means q countsrscting rheumatism. To
the .orDra alescent, it Is valuable aid in the
recovery ~ strength and 70 the deaiitstsd,
nervous invalid i yields tFznqE sl1Dbsr and
renewed sppstits--tEo prime factors IN The
- torarg-u OF FlEor, Being Of purely Botanic
arlzra .t .s tree from those objections urged
s.a.ust mineral remadIes difficult or i'm nposslhls
Of z--l-a5IatioE D. tbs system, and which III
pair -E= tone OF the srol-s which the Ritters,
81 t1s contrary. strsEgt1sls and regulates. u
= .ziorse5 sd prescribed ~ tAs Csa-eA trA
rsFElEy,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
URGING A BOYEOTT.
Shoe Dealers Oppose Competition in
Irade by Dry Goods DeaIers.

CHICAGO, H., July l9-Two hundred
delegates were present this morning
when the convention of the National
Association of Boot and Shoe Retailers
was called to order. All the principal
cities of the country were represented.
The dealers were cordially well
coined in behalf of the local
association, and it was announced
that the sum of $1,000 had been sub
scribed for their entertainments and that
programme including visits to the
parks, theaters and banquet had been
arranged. Among the subjects to be
cons dered is the effect upon the retail
trade of the extensive sales of boots and
shoes by dry-goods houses throughout
the country. The Chicago delegates
viii strongly urge that boycott be
placed upon the wholesalers who sell to
the dry goods houses. This question is
liable to be thorn in the side of the
convention and Will probably lead to an
animated discussion,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
FOffD ~ LAST.
Arrest Of II Man Who SwindIed the Farm
ers of HnseNNiIle. Ind.

Arrest Of "a Man Who SvindIed the Farm
ers of PoseyVilIe, Ind.
Horace G. Jaques, who several years
ago at Poseyville, Ind, burned his ele-
yator, secured the insurance, and fled
without paving any of the farmers from
whom he had received grain, was ar
rested at Chicago on the Dist. He has
been doing business on the open board
of trade under the name of George
Brown. The man made a full sonfes-
sion and will be taken al once to
Poseyville for trial. His crimes there
netted him about S3O,0JO. Upon leav-
ing Indiana Jacques proceeded to Chico,
Cal, and after doing business for some
time went into bankruptcy. He was ac-
cidentally noticed on the board by a
farmer from Posevyille, who quietly in
formed the police. Jacques says his
elevators although apparently bursting
with grain on the night of the fire con-
tained only few hundred bushels skill
fully distributed over boards near the
tops of the bins. Before setting fire to
the establishment he had so fixed the
doors that ingress was impossible.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
A PiSEC ~ on.


Prices Decline sharply to the Bottom
Figure.
PIrTsRrEG Pa. July 23.-The oil
market broke nearly 4 cents this morn
inc and reached the lowest since July.
lsS4 When the exchange opened the
feeling was weak. The first sale was
made at 50 and Immediately there
vas a decline to 56+. Values then
rallied slightly and AT 1 O'Clock there
was tirmer tone 10 the market. with
sales reported AT 57t The decline was
attributed 10 too much oil. PttsburE
led the break and at enc time there was
8 difference Of > cents in prices be
tween this city and New York B. O..
Net-rew, a we'll known dealer, was
eanghr iu the furry and 5000 barrels
were sold under the rules for his account
at 50s. The money difference i small
and his friends claim that he will phil
through all right There we're no other
failures and no calls tor margins.
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HE WILL COuE UEST.
LimeriCk's Mayor to Pay a Visit to the
United States


United States.
New York, July 23.-At the invita-
ton of a large number of his Irish
friends residing both in New York and
in several cities of the Western states,
Francis 4. O'keefe, mayor of Limerick
for the present year, has made arrange.
ments To- visit this city early in Septem-
Der. Mr.. O'keeio is distin-
guished member OF the Nationalist
party, and during his term of office has
made himself exceedingly popular in
his native city. His father was ap-
pointed high sheriff OF Limerick for
1856, and performed the duties during
that tempestuous political year with
marked success. Mr. O'Keeie, after
spending some weeks in New York. con-
templates visiting Chicago, St Louis and
Cincinnati, and purposes returning to
Ireland toward the END Of October
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
III E6i tfsf.
The People Do Not t. ke Kindly to the
New Rule

The People Do Not Take Kindly TO the
New Rule
The Bulgarian COVER ment is inter-
ceptIng teIegra2S to an, from the Bull
garian capital Thcre + We been violent
scenes in the SobranJe, the members of
the opposition, including ex-Premier
HadOslavoF being fOrcibly expelled.
The troops at Rustchuk made a hostile
demonstration against Ferdinand Of
Saxe-C0burg. Led by officers Of the
army they paraded the streets uttering
cries of Long live Russia." 1t Is re-
ported that the troops intended to pro-
claim the independence of Bulgaria and
Prince Alexander. Of Batreuberg. as
king. France viii not acknowledge
Prince Ferdinand. Of fSaxe-Coburg G0tha
as ruler Of Bulgaria because Roumelians
were permitted to vote in the sobranJe
for his election.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
SUITS UETHOTT END.
Another Litisation 4 Begun in he Matt,

Another Litigation Begun in the Matter
OF a. I. Stewards Estate.
Nav GoRE July 23.-The litigation
around the estate Of Alexander T. Stew
art appears IL he Interminable Mrs J.
r. smith has begun another suit against
Mr.. Hilton, 10 have an accounting and
70 set aside the transfer of the dryg00ds
business made ay Mrs. Stewart in 1876
Mrs. Smith regltes the well-kn0wu facts
relative TO the transfer and makes the
assertion that IL was uulaWfulIv made.
against the lawful interests OF the right
tGl heirs and not In accordance with the
Intentions 9i Mr. Stewart. a. declared
III his Will. Tie sum ST q .0Co Q00. for
which provision was made. was intend
ed, il i asserted, Us full and ample dis
charge at a. obligations OF the estate 10
Judge Hilton for conducting or closing
ont the business. The transfer of the
property Is held to have been made
without authority aud IL manner de-
mandlus Investigation and an account
IEE
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
tSs4T TTFD BY HINs.
Pinkerton Men Prevent Miners From

Pinkerton Men Prevent Miners From Be-
ing Naltreated by Strikers.
When the miners at West Leisenring,
Pa, were on their way to work on the
18Th, party Of Hungarian strikers as
saulted them with stones. PinkertOn' :
men fell into line at once and the
Huns fed, but not before one
of their number had been knock
ed down and severely beaten
with the butt end Of rife
by a detective. The wounded man was
taken 10 UniontOwn by his friends and
al information for assault lodged against
his assaIlant, Supt, Taggert says the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
THE fLLINDTS VESDETTI.
Another Cowardly Murder Growing Out
ofthe Belt Hambrick Tragedy.

James q. Belt was shot from ambush
and killed in Hardin County, Ill, about
three miles from Cave-in-Rock, on the
18th. This Is one more life lost in the
history of the Hardin County vendetta.
Logan and James d. Belt were half
brothers and Earl Sherwood and
James d. Radcliffe defendants in
what was widely published as
the Belt Hambrick murder trial and all
were acquitted on the 18th of last May.
On June Logan Belt was shot dead
about a mile from the spot where James
D. Belt met his tragic fate Radcliffe
was with James D. at the time, but es-
capped. Sherwood, the other defendant.
some weeks ago removed from Hardin
to Franklin County. 1t would appear
that war of determination has now
been declared
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
HEfIi FIIT OF RHTN.


4 DeluGe in Pittsburc Causes Great Dam
age To Property.
The pr0traCted hot spell was broken
at Pirtsburg on the 20th BY the heaviest
storm known there since the great
Butchers run disaster. thirteen wears
ago, when nearly 200 persons were
drowned. Rain poured in torrents
from TO : o'clock, y inches
falling. flooding houses, causing
many railway washouts and prostrating
telegraph wires The loss will be at
least 100000 At Butchers run the
sewers became cl0ECed and the water.
overflowing, filed the houses 10 the
depth Of several feet. The occupants,
remembering the terrible scenes Of july,
1874, became pauic-strickeu and for a
time the widest excitement prevailed
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dents Of Taylor County for refusal to pay
taxes on railroad bonds, have been bow
cotted by the hotels of Campbellsyille.
He, with his force, encamped in the
open air and is not making much progress
in levying on the property. All of the
stores are closed up, most of the personal
property has been removed and live
stock has been taken out of the county.
Suit was brought against the marshal for
$1,000 for unlawfully camping in the
courthouse yard.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
IN INDIANA CfCIOtE.
Great Damage Done to Crops by "A Terrif
Wind and Hail Storm.

bres.t damage Done to Crops by a Terriflc
Wind and Hail Storm.
A phenomenal wind storm visited the
vicinity OF Wabash, Ind, on the 18th,
which had the appearance and form of q
cyclone. The path OF the storm was
three miles wide, and it passed in a
nOrtheasterly direction just north Of that
city. Great forest trees were blown
over, and the hail which fell in vast
quantities riddled everything in the way
of vegetation. Oats and corn were com
pletely prostrated and driven into the
ground Vegetables of all kinds were
destroyed, and many buildings were un-
rooted and the occupants exposed to
the storm. The loss is roughly estimat-
ed at from $50, 900 TO S75, 900.
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He ADVISES RETILf4TIOS.
Salisbury Speaks on the Protection of
British Trade

Salisbury Speaks on the Protection of
British Trade.
LoNDoN, July 22.-The Marquis of Sal
isbury. replying to a deputation which
called to urge the government To take
some action to protect British trade from
the effects of foreign competition assist
ed by bounties, said il was Impossible
to speak too strongly Of the injustice
which the foreign bounty systems in
tlicted on British workmen. \ Euro
pean conference, he said, would soon
consider the matter, and in the mean
time he could only say that there wee
two ways for Englshmen to deal with
their assaiants in this contest-if reason
ing failed, Englishmen might return the
bfpu